diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f4f31d..e225e46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ For major (breaking) changes - version 3 and 2 see end of page.
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 4.30.6         | 2020-11-27     | wmic added default windows path (windows) |
 | 4.30.5         | 2020-11-26     | adapted security update (prototype pollution prevention) |
 | 4.30.4         | 2020-11-25     | reverted Object.freeze because it broke some projects |
 | 4.30.3         | 2020-11-25     | security update (prototype pollution prevention) Object.freeze |
diff --git a/docs/history.html b/docs/history.html
index 87f3926..5150e24 100644
--- a/docs/history.html
+++ b/docs/history.html
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
                   </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
+                  <tr>
+                    <th scope="row">4.30.6</th>
+                    <td>2020-11-27</td>
+                    <td><span class="code">wmic</span> added default windows path</td>
+                  </tr>
                   <tr>
                     <th scope="row">4.30.5</th>
                     <td>2020-11-26</td>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index ac7add9..9df62e7 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
       <img class="logo" src="assets/logo.png">
       <div class="title">systeminformation</div>
       <div class="subtitle"><span id="typed"></span></div>
-      <div class="version">Current Version: <span id="version">4.30.5</span></div>
+      <div class="version">Current Version: <span id="version">4.30.6</span></div>
       <button class="btn btn-light" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation'">View on Github <i class=" fab fa-github"></i></button>
     </div>
     <div class="down">
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 9d6b4e0..7a5692c 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ let _cores = 0;
 let wmicPath = '';
 let codepage = '';
 
+const WINDIR = process.env.WINDIR || 'C:\\Windows';
+
 const execOptsWin = {
   windowsHide: true,
   maxBuffer: 1024 * 20000,
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ function findObjectByKey(array, key, value) {
 
 function getWmic() {
   if (os.type() === 'Windows_NT' && !wmicPath) {
-    wmicPath = process.env.WINDIR + '\\system32\\wbem\\wmic.exe';
+    wmicPath = WINDIR + '\\system32\\wbem\\wmic.exe';
     if (!fs.existsSync(wmicPath)) {
       try {
         const wmicPathArray = execSync('WHERE WMIC').toString().split('\r\n');
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ function wmic(command, options) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     process.nextTick(() => {
       try {
-        exec(process.env.WINDIR + '\\system32\\chcp.com 65001 | ' + getWmic() + ' ' + command, options, function (error, stdout) {
+        exec(WINDIR + '\\system32\\chcp.com 65001 | ' + getWmic() + ' ' + command, options, function (error, stdout) {
           resolve(stdout, error);
         }).stdin.end();
       } catch (e) {